This is true, to a degree. People that live in hot climates slowly become more tolerant to heat in general. This isn’t true in all cases, not is it true past a certain temperature. For instance, once you surpass the wet bulb temperature, it’s not going to matter how tolerant you’ve become to heat, yo’re probably going to end up with heat exhaustion and/or heat stroke.
Actually true. I’d been wearing an orthopedical corset for a good chunk of my life, now I’m really tolerant to heat, like others may be literally dying while I would be alright.
As somebody who goes through the extremely hot August summer heat where I live I will tell you that no you don’t get used to the heat if you’re exposed to too much heat you’ll develop heat exhaustion, and if you keep going you’ll get heat stroke which can kill you.
What I’m wondering though is did Washington compost actually say this, or was it just made for the meme? Honestly if they did I would not be surprised in the slightest.
“experts”
I have lived in the desert my whole life. So I guess I’m an expert now. I can tell you that it’s hot as fuck and it can still kill me. No amount of planned “exposure” is going to prevent dehydration or heat exhaustion.
Lack of humidity in the air is a big problem, but op does have a point. As a person living near the equator I’m surprised by how many people are intolerant to temperatures which I find comfortable.
I’ve heard too much humidity is a bigger problem. Keeps your body from being able to cool itself down with sweat, making you likely to overheat. With desert heat you’re probably fine if you have water and shelter from the sun.
Large swaths of the earth will be made inhospitable to humans because of a deadly mix of high humidity and heat. Our society needs to to accommodate this and develop shelters, otherwise our streets will be littered with the bodies of homeless and working poor who were forced to brave the outside.
